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July 27, 2012|By Karl Man | KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

(WICHITA, Kan) — One second it was there…the next second an $11,000 dollar mower was stolen from an eastside home and it all happened in the middle of daylight.

A Wichita man who makes some side money mowing lawns says his business has hit quite a set-back after the expensive piece of machinery was taken.

The last thing anyone wants to do on a sweltering summer day is mow the lawn. For Jeremiah Unruh he has been doing just that for the past 15 years to earn some extra cash. But he never thought in all that time that 11,000 dollars could be yanked away from him so quickly.  

"You would not think up next to a house in any neighborhood that someone would do this.”

Unruh said the crime happened Thursday. He parked the expensive tractor in some shade at the house he just finished mowing. He then grabbed a quick lunch and ran an errand…in that short time span the mower went missing.

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With the machine nowhere in sight Unruh’s first reaction was to scan the neighborhood. No luck. Then he called the Wichita Police Department and filed a report. Officials told him they would follow up on it.

“Unfortunately it was my best machine".

At the time the pricey piece of machinery was not insured…Unruh says he will insure the other mowers he still has…calling it a tough lesson to learn.

Lawn mower theft.
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